

Then Verhoeven makes a breakthrough discovery: the murders are modeled after the exploits of serial killers from classic works of crime fiction and that the killer has killed before.

With his personal life in shambles, he further has to deal with the press. A series of unsolved murders start to put a strain to his relationship. It was shortlisted in the CWA International Dagger award 2014 and received positive reviews internationally.Ĭommandant Verhoeven is happily married, expecting his first child with his lovely wife Irène. It is the first book in the Camille Verhœven series by publication order but the second to be translated in English after Alex.

The novel, though originally published in French in 2006, came to be translated to English by Frank Wynne in 2014. Irene (Camille Verhœven Trilogy #1) is a crime novel written by French novelist Pierre Lemaitre.
